Argyro's House, Agia Paraskevi, Crete
At the lower end of the village below the square and the church, this unsophisticated house has simple paved floors of local stone and is terraced on the hillside in a really quiet position with wonderful views over the countryside to the Libyan Sea.
Adorned with a generous swathe of bougainvillea, the partially covered entrance terrace has built in bench seating for alfresco dining and from here there are entrance doors to both the well equipped kitchen and the small adjoining living area, with built in sofas, fireplace and large dining table. A stone staircase off the living area leads up past a small shower room to the first floor, where there is one small double bedroom and a slightly larger twin bedroom, which has patio doors to a lovely private terrace with wrought iron balustrade and just incredible uninterrupted sea views. Both bedrooms at this level have sloping, beamed ceilings and there is a further small twin bedroom off the kitchen.
Built into a wall , at the back of a small courtyard to one side of the house, is a magnificent barbecue with a nearby shady olive tree encircled by a low wall and a lovely spot to put a cushion on a hot day.
Accommodation in a nutshell
All our five village houses command superb sea views and all have a minimum of two bedrooms, plus one shower room and of course, hot and cold running water. Each house has a well-equipped kitchen with an electric cooker and fridge-freezer and there’s an open fireplace in the living area which also has a small portable radio/CD Player. An innovative feature in many of the houses is full-length French windows in the first floor bedrooms, protected by wrought iron "Juliet" balustrades.
Each house has is equipped with two sunbeds and they all have fans in the bedrooms and mosquito nets over the beds..
